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hoard Definition

hoard (hôrd)

noun

a supply stored up and hidden or kept in reserve

Etymology: ME hord < OE, akin to Ger hort, Goth huzd < IE *keus- < base *(s)keu-, to cover, conceal > hide, Gr skylos, animal's skin

intransitive verb

to get and store away money, goods, etc.

transitive verb

to accumulate and hide or keep in reserve

hoard Related Forms
hoarder noun hoard·ing noun
hoard Synonyms

hoard

n.

hoard Synonyms

hoard

v.

store up, acquire, keep; see accumulate 1, save 3.

hoard Usage Examples

Object

  • wealth: To hoard more wealth than what a man needs is a sin.
  • treasure: The winds fool me I break away from the crowd set on a trail to trace hoarded treasures.
  • cash: A decent acquisition would surely make more sense than hoarding cash.
  • panel: INSTALLATION The raked backstay tube is fixed to the top of the hoarding panel with the opposite end connecting to the ground tube.

Converse of object

  • bury: Before banks existed, people often buried hoards of coins, and other precious things, to keep them safe.
  • discover: At last, he found him, having discovered a hoard of gold coins along the way.
  • attract: The break down of the rotting seaweed can attract hoards of flies.

Adjective modifier

  • secret: I am from only discovering that secret hoard of love when it was too late to listen.
  • huge: Somewhere out there in the vast beyond, waiting to be discovered, is a huge hoard of GOWNS!

Modifies a noun

  • object: My attention is drawn to the collector who consciously hoards objects.

Noun used with modifier

  • coin: The coin hoard from West Sussex is destined for Worthing Museum.
  • Viking: Interesting piece on a Viking hoard discovered on a farm in Sweden, which includes many Arabic coins.
  • silver: Next farm had Roman silver hoard at the turn of the century, Instant prizes by finding tokens.

Preposition: of

  • coin: Most hoards of bronze coins are recorded, to a greater or lesser extent.
  • treasure: Can you seek out the hoard of treasure buried by the Early of Strafford in Wentworth Castle Gardens?
  • bronze: A hoard of bronze double axes was found nearby, as well as rich finds of offerings and vessels for libations.
  • gold: I would give hoards of countless gold, To win thine heart from thee.
  • tourist: So imagine being on the inside looking out at the hoards of tourists pointing their cameras in your direction.
  • visitor: Today the valley of the Don appears quiet and serene, free from the hoards of visitors that descend on the neighboring valleys.
hoard Quotes

   Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.

—Tennyson

The¤  sauriser est fait de vilain. To hoard is a villainous act.

—Rabelais, Fran c° ois

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